ELECTIONS  OF  1913 

Duties  of  Voters,  Candidates  and  Political 

Committees 

UNDER  "ACTS”  RELATING  TO 

| PERSONAL  REGISTRATION” 
“UNIFORM  PRIMARIES” 
“PARTY  ENROLLMENT”! 
“NON-PARTISAN  PRIMARIES” 

AND 

“CORRUPT  PRACTICES” 

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PREPARED  BY 

GEORGE  D.  THORN 

CHIEF  CLERK,  STATE  DEPARTMENT 

JL 

HARRISBURG,  PA. 


1913 


HARRISBURG,  PA.: 

WM.  STANLEY  RAY,  STATE  PRINTER 

1913 


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LIBRARY 

•F  THE 

IVERSITY  OF  ILLINOIS 

21  NOV  1913 


Registration  Days  in  Cities. 

“  If  a  voter’s  name  is  not  registered  he  shall  not  be  entitled  to 

vote  at  any  election.” 


REGISTRATION  DAYS  IN  ALL  CITIES  FOR 
THE  NOVEMBER  ELECTION,  1913. 

(All  previous  registrations  have  expired.) 

Thursday,  August  28,  1913. 

Tuesday,  September  2,  1913. 
Saturday,  September  13,  1913. 

The  hours  when  the  Registrars  will  sit,  in  the 
cities  of  Philadelphia,  Pittsburgh  and  Scranton  are 
from  7  o’clock  A.  M.  to  10  o’clock  A.  M.,  and  from  4 
o’clock  P.  M.  to  10  o’clock  P.  M. 

In  all  other  cities,  from  8  o’clock  A.  M.  to  1  o’clock 
P.  M.,  from  2  o’clock  P.  M.  to  6  o’clock  P.  M.  and 
from  7  o’clock  P.  M.  to  10  o’clock  P.  M. 

REGISTRATION  OF  VOTERS  IN  FEDERAL  OR 

STATE  EMPLOY. 

.  ~-^An y  person  employed  in  the  service  of  this  State, 
or  in  the  service  of  the  Federal  Government,  and  re¬ 
quired  thereby  to  be  absent  from  the  city  wherein 
he  resided  when  entering  such  employment,  shall,  on 
c  petition  to  the  proper  registration  commissioners, 
verified  by  affidavit,  and  without  appearing  per- 
^  sonaliy  before  the  commissioners,  be  registered  as 
of  the  district  wherein  he  shall  have  resided  prior  to 
entering  such  service.  In  such  case  a  residence  by 
street  and  number  shall  not  be  required,  but  the  per- 
-  son  shall  be  registered  as  of  the  proper  district.  In 

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the  case  of  persons  employed  by  this  Commonwealth 
no  such  petition  shall  be  considered,  unless  it  be  ac¬ 
companied  by  a  certificate  from  the  Auditor  Gen¬ 
eral,  under  the  seal  of  his  office,  setting  forth  that 
the  proper  person  is  actually  employed  in  the  ser¬ 
vice  of  this  Commonwealth,  and  also  setting  forth 
the  nature  of  such  employment  and  the  time  when 
such  person  first  entered  such  employment.  In  the 
case  of  persons  employed  by  the  Federal  Govern¬ 
ment  no  such  petition  shall  be  considered,  unless  it 
be  accompanied  by  a  certificate  from  the  head  of  the 
proper  dexmrtment,  or  chief  of  the  proper  division 
or  bureau,  under  the  seal  of  his  office,  setting  forth 
that  the  proper  person  is  actually  employed  in  the 
service  of  the  United  States,  and  also  setting  forth 
the  nature  of  such  employment,  and  the  time  when 
such  person  first  entered  such  employment.  No  such 
person  shall  be  registered  unless  he  shall  produce  to 
the  registration  commissioners  satisfactory  proof 
that  he  is,  by  payment  of  taxes  and  otherwise,  en¬ 
titled  to  registration.  When  any  such  person,  so 
registered,  shall  vote,  he  shall  be  required  by  the 
proper  election  officers  to  sign  the  ballot  check  list 
of  the  proper  district. 


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STATE  WIDE  PRIMARY. 


The  Primary  Elections  shall  be  held  on  the  third 
,*  Tuesday  of  September  in  all  odd-numbered  years 
and  shall  be  known  as  the  “Fall  Primary.” 

Candidates  for  all  offices  to  be  filled  at  the  mu¬ 
nicipal  election,  shall  be  nominated  at  the  Fall  Pri¬ 
mary. 

The  names  of  candidates  for  nomination  for  all 
county,  city,  borough,  ward  and  township  offices 
shall  be  filed  with  the  County  Commissioners  at  least 
three  weeks  prior  to  the  primary. 

The  number  of  signers  required  for  an  office  to  be 
voted  for  by  the  electors  of  an  entire  county  is  at 
least  one  hundred  qualified  voters. 

For  the  office  of  Inspector  of  Elections,  five  quali¬ 
fied  voters. 

All  other  offices,  at  least  ten  qualified  voters. 

Each  signer  of  a  Nomination  Petition  shall  sign 
but  one  such  petition  for  each  office  to  be  filled,  and 
shall  declare  therein  that  he  is  a  member  of  the  party 
designated  in  such  petition :  Provided,  however 
That  where  there  are  to  be  elected  two  or  more  per¬ 
sons  to  the  same  office,  each  signer  may  sign  peti¬ 
tions  for  as  many  candidates  for  such  office  as,  and 
no  more  than  he  could  vote  for  at  the  November  elec¬ 
tion.  He  shall  also  declare  therein  that  he  is  a  quali¬ 
fied  elector  of  the  county  therein  named,  and  of  the 
political  district  or  division  in  which  the  nomination 
is  to  be  made.  He  shall  add  his  occupation  and  resi¬ 
dence,  giving  city,  borough  or  township,  with  street 
and  number,  if  any,  and  shall  also  add  the  date  of 
signing.  No  Nomination  Petition  shall  be  circulated 
prior  to  sixty  days  before  the  last  day  on  which 


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such  petition  may  be  filed,  and  no  signature  shall  be 
counted  unless  it  bears  date  within  sixty  days  of  the 
last  day  for  filing. 

Said  Nomination  Petition  may  be  on  one  or  more 
sheets.  Each  sheet  shall  have  appended  thereto  the 
affidavit  of  some  person,  not  necessarily  a  signer, 
and  not  necessarily  the  same  person  on  each  sheet, 
setting  forth  that  the  affiant  is  a  qualified  voter  of 
the  political  district  or  division,  as  the  case  may  be ; 
his  residence,  giving  city,  borough  or  township,  with 
street  and  number,  if  any;  that  the  signers  signed 
with  full  knowledge  of  the  contents  of  the  petition; 
that  their  respective  residences  are  correctly  stated 
therein;  that  they  all  reside  in  the  county  named  in 
the  affidavit;  and  that  each  signed  on  the  date  set 
opposite  his  name;  and  that,  to  the  best  of  affiant’s 
knowledge  and  belief  the  signers  are  qualified  elec¬ 
tors  and  members  of  the  designated  party  of  the  po¬ 
litical  district  or  division,  as  the  case  may  be. 

The  Primary  Election  polls  shall  be  open  between 
the  hours  of  seven  o’clock  A.  M.  and  seven  o’clock 
P.  M. 

The  qualifications  of  electors  entitled  to  vote  at  a 
primary  shall  be  the  same  as  the  qualifications  of 
electors  entitled  to  vote  at  elections,  except  that 
with  respect  to  the  payment  of  taxes,  it  shall  be 
sufficient  if  an  elector  shall  have  paid  within  two 
years  before  the  next  November  election  a  State  or 
county  tax,  which  shall  have  been  assessed  at  least 
two  months  before  the  said  election,  and  paid  on  or 
before  the  day  of  the  primary,  and  in  cases  where 
personal  registration  is  required,  on  or  before  the 
registration  day  on  which  he  registered. 

If  an  elector  is  challenged  he  shall  make  oath  that 
at  the  last  preceding  election  at  which  he  voted,  he 
voted  for  a  majority  of  the  candidates  of  the  party 
for  whose  ballot  he  asks. 


If  such  last  preceding  election  was  a  general  elec¬ 
tion,  at  which  Presidential  electors  were  voted  for, 
he  shall,  in  determining  the  number  of  candidates 
for  which  he  voted,  count  the  group  of  Presidential 
electors  as  two  candidates. 

Any  person  who  votes,  or  attempts  to  vote,  at 
a  primary,  knowing  that  he  does  not  possess  the 
qualifications,  etc.,  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor, 
and  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  sentenced  to  a 
fine  not  exceeding  one  thousand  dollars  or  imprison¬ 
ment  not  exceeding  one  year,  or  either,  or  both,  in 
the  discretion  of  the  court. 

State  Committeemen  shall  be  elected  at  the  Fall 
Primary,  in  the  year  1913,  and  shall  hold  office  until 
their  successors  are  duly  elected  and  qualified  at  the 
Spring  Primary  in  1914:  Provided,  however,  That 
where  the  existing  rules  of  a  party  provide  for  the 
election  of  State  Committeemen  by  the  County  Com¬ 
mitteemen  of  the  respective  counties,  in  the  year 
1913,  the  State  Committeemen  so  elected  shall  serve 
until  their  successors  are  duly  elected  and  qualified 
at  the  Spring  Primary  in  1914. 

Vacancies  happening  at  any  time  in  the  office  of 
State  Committeeman  shall  be  filled  by  the  City  or 
County  Committee  of  the  respective  parties. 

Nomination  petitions  for  all  Judges,  including  As¬ 
sociate  Judges,  shall  be  filed  in  the  office  of  the  Sec¬ 
retary  of  the  Commonwealth. 

Also  those  for  Member  of  the  State  Committee. 

The  Democratic  party,  whose  rules  provide  for 
the  election  of  their  members  of  the  State  Commit¬ 
tee  by  the  County  Committee,  do  not  elect  those  of¬ 
ficers  at  this  year’s  primary. 

For  all  other  offices  the  nomination  petitions  are 
filed  with  the  County  Commissioners. 


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NON-PARTISAN. 


NOMINATION  OF  JUDGES. 

Judges  of  the  Supreme  and  Superior  Court  and 
Judges  of  all  Courts  of  record  shall  be  nominated  at 
a  primary  election  upon  a  non-partisan  ballot. 

The  names  of  the  candidates  shall  appear  on  the 
official  non-partisan  primary  ballot  in  alphabetical 
order. 

If  the  candidate  is  to  be  voted  for  in  more  than 
one  county,  the  name  of  the  county  in  which  he  re¬ 
sides  shall  be  printed  opposite  to  or  under  his  name. 

If  he  lives  in  a  district  composed  of  but  ope  county 
the  name  of  the  township,  borough  or  ward  and  city 
shall  be  printed  after  his  name. 

The  names  of  candidates  for  nomination  shall  be 
printed  upon  the  official  non-partisan  primary  bal¬ 
lot,  upon  the  filing  of  nomination  petitions,  signed 
by  qualified  voters  of  the  State,  or  of  the  judicial  dis¬ 
trict,  as  the  case  may  be. 

Each  signer  of  a  nomination  petition  may  sign 
but  one  petition,  for  each  office  to  be  filled,  and  shall 
declare  therein,  that  he  has  signed  no  other,  except 
that  when  more  than  one  is  to  be  elected  he  may  sign 
petitions  for  as  many  candidates  as  he  could  vote  for 
at  the  November  election. 

To  his  signature  he  shall  add  his  occupation  and 
residence,  giving  city,  borough  or  township,  with 
street  and  number,  if  any,  and  shall  also  add  the 
date  of  signing.  -» 

No  petition  shall  be  circulated  prior  to  sixty  days 
before  the  last  day  on  which  such  petitions  may  be 
filed. 

Petitions  for  judges  may  be  filed  with  the  Sec- 


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retary  of  the  Commonwealth  up  to  and  including 
Tuesday,  August  19,  1913,  or  at  least  four  weeks 
,  prior  to  the  primary. 

Nomination  petitions  may  be  on  one  or  more 
sheets,  but  different  sheets  must  be  used  for  signers 
resident  in  different  counties.  Each  sheet  shall  have 
appended  thereto  the  affidavit  of  some  person,  not 
necessarily  a  signer,  setting  forth  that  he  is  a  quali¬ 
fied  elector  of  the  State  or  judicial  district,  as  the 
case  may  be,  giving  his  residence,  city,  borough,  or 
township,  with  street  and  number,  if  any;  that  the 
signers  signed  with  full  knowledge  of  the  contents 
of  the  petition;  that  their  respective  residences  are 
correctly  stated  therein;  that  they  all  reside  in  the 
county  named  in  the  affidavit;  and  that  each  signed 
on  the  date  set  opposite  their  names ;  and  that  to  the 
best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief  they  are  qualified 
voters  of  the  district. 

Each  candidate  shall  file  with  his  petition  his  af¬ 
fidavit,  stating  his  residence,  with  street  and  num¬ 
ber,  if  any,  his  post  office  address,  his  election  dis¬ 
trict,  the  name  of  the  office  for  which  he  is  a  candi¬ 
date,  that  he  is  eligible  for  such  office,  and  that  he 
will  not  knowingly  violate  any  election  law,  or  any 
law  regulating  election  expenses. 

Nomination  Petitions.  Number  of  signers  required. 

(1)  For  the  office  of  Judge  of  the  Supreme  or 
Superior  Court  nomination  petitions  shall  be 
signed  by  at  least  one  hundred  qualified  voters 
in  each  of  at  least  five  counties  of  the  State. 

(2)  For  the  office  of  Judge  of  any  Court 
of  Kecord,  by  at  least  two  hundred  qualified 
voters  of  the  county,  or  district,  as  the  case  may 
be,  but  the  same  sheet  may  not  be  used  in  more 

.  than  one  county. 


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The  candidates  for  nomination  at  any  primary, 
for  the  succeeding  election,  equal  in  number  to  twice 
the  number  to  be  elected  in  November,  who  shall 
have  received  at  such  primary  the  highest  number 
of  votes  cast,  shall  be  the  nominees  for  such  office, 
Provided,  That  whenever  any  candidate,  where  but 
one  person  is  to  be  elected  at  the  succeeding  election, 
shall  receive  a  number  of  votes  greater  than  one- 
half  the  total  cast  for  such  office  at  the  primary, 
such  candidate  shall  be  the  sole  nominee. 

In  case  of  a  tie  vote  the  candidates  shall  appear 
before  the  Secretary  of  the  Commonwealth  on  the 
third  Friday  after  the  primary  and  cast  lots,  and 
the  one  to  whom  the  lot  shall  fall,  shall  be  entitled 
to  the  nomination. 

Should  a  candidate  named  for  the  primary  die,  a 
majority  of  the  original  signers  may  sign  and  file 
another  petition,  proposing  a  new  candidate  for  the 
same  office,  at  any  time  prior  to  the  printing  of  the 
non-partisan  primary  ballot. 

If,  after  the  primary,  and  before  the  election, 
any  candidate  nominated  shall  die,  or  shall  by  law 
be  disentitled  to  have  his  name  printed  on  the  bal¬ 
lot  for  the  election,  a  vacancy  shall  be  deemed  to 
exist,  which  shall  be  filled  by  inserting  the  name 
of  the  candidate  at  the  primary  who  received  the 
next  highest  number  of  votes. 

If  after  the  primary  and  before  the  election,  there 
should  be  no  candidate  whatever  nominated,  a  new 
petition  may  be  filed,  complying  with  the  law  regu¬ 
lating  filing  before  the  primary.  The  person  named 
in  the  first  petition  so  received,  shall  be  the  can¬ 
didate,  and  no  more  such  petitions  shall  be  re¬ 
ceived. 

Should  such  nominations  be  received  bv  the 

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County  Commissioners  after  the  official  election 


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?  ballots  are  printed,  they  shall  print  stickers,  con¬ 
taining  the  name  of  such  candidate,  which  shall  be 
offered  to  each  voter  with  the  regular  ballot. 

Any  candidate  named  by  petition  may  withdraw 
•  his  name  as  a  candidate,  at  any  time  before  four 
o’clock  of  the  Friday  next  succeeding  the  last  day 
fixed  for  filing  nomination  petitions,  by  a  request 
in  writing,  signed  by  him,  and  acknowledged  before 
any  officer  authorized  to  take  acknowledgements, 
and  filed  with  the  Secretary  of  the  Commonwealth. 

No  candidate  nominated  at,  or  after  a  primary, 
may  withdraw  his  name  as  candidate  for  election. 

NON-PARTISAN  ELECTIONS  IN  SECOND- 

CLASS  CITIES. 

Nominations  for  all  city  offices  in  Second  Class 
Cities — Pittsburgh  and  Scranton — shall  be  made  at 
a  Primary  Election,  upon  a  non-partisan  ballot. 

Nomination  petitions  for  all  offices  in  cities  of 
the  Second  Class,  shall  be  signed  by  at  least  ten 
qualified  voters  of  the  political  district  or  division 
within  which  such  nomination  is  to  be  made,  and 
shall  be  filed  with  the  County  Commissioners  at 
least  three  weeks  prior  to  the  primaries,  the  last 
day  being  Tuesday,  August  26th,  1913. 


All  the  rules  and  regulations  governing  the  nomi¬ 
nation  and  election  of  Judges  are  identical  with  the 
»  rules  and  regulations  governing  nominations  and 
elections  in  Second  Class  Cities,  with  the  exception, 
that  in  the  case  of  City  officers  certain  duties  are 
performed  by  the  County  Commissioners  instead  of 
%  the  Secretary  of  the  Commonwealth. 


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Non-partisan  nominations  in  Second  Class  Cities 
include  only  those  city  offices  elected  by  the  entire 
city,  such  as  Mayor,  Councilmen  and  City  Con- 
toller.  Aldermen,  Assessors,  Election  Officers,  etc., 
will  be  nominated  as  heretofore  on  the  party  pri¬ 
mary  ballot. 

This  applies  also  to  third  class  cities. 


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PARTY  ENROLLMENT. 


At  each  and  every  Registration  of  Voters,  in  all 
districts  of  the  State,  there  shall  be  a  Registration 
and  Enrollment  of  the  voters,  according  to  their 
party  preferences,  and  affiliations:  Provided,  That 
if  at  any  time  the  law  provides  for  the  nomination 
of  candidates  for  any  office  at  non-partisan  pri¬ 
maries,  then,  every  registered  voter  shall  be  en¬ 
titled  to  receive  and  vote  such  non-partisan  primary 
ballot. 

In  cities  where  personal  registration  is  required, 
any  voter  desiring  to  participate  in  the  primaries 
of  any  party,  shall,  at  the  time  of  registration  state, 
under  oath,  the  name  of  the  party  of  which  he  is  a 
member,  and  whose  ballot  he  desires  to  vote  at  the 
primaries,  and  it  shall  then  be  the  duty  of  the  proper 
Registering  Officers  to  write  the  name  of  such  party 
opposite  his  name  on  the  list. 

If  a  voter  about  to  register  as  member  of  a  party 
is  challenged,  he  shall  not  be  registered  unless  he 
makes  oath,  that  at  the  last  preceding  November 
election  at  which  he  voted,  he  voted  for  a  majority 
of  the  candidates  of  that  party.  Presidential  elec¬ 
tors  shall  be  counted  as  two  candidates.  Any  quali¬ 
fied  voter  may  enroll  as  member  of  any  party  which 
has  secured  the  exclusive  use  of  a  party  name,  for 
the  ensuing  primary.  If  a  voter  does  not  desire  to 
vote  at  a  Primary  Election,  he  shall  not  be  required 
to  answer  as  to  his  party  membership. 

In  all  election  districts,  other  than  in  cities,  the 
assessor  or  registry  assessor,  shall,  within  forty- 
five  days  after  the  approval  of  the  enrollment  act, 
make  an  enrollment  of  each  voter  residing  in  his 
district,  and  thereafter,  annually,  make  such  en¬ 
rollment  of  all  voters  in  his  district. 


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Said  assessor,  or  registry  assessor,  shall  leave  at 
the  residence  of  each  voter,  absent  when  his  resi¬ 
dence  is  visited,  the  following  form  of  certificate: 

Certificate  of  Enrollment. 


I,  . ,  a  duly  qualified  voter 

residing  in . Election  District, 


herebv  declare  that  I  desire  to  be  enrolled 

as  a  member  of  the . Party,  and 

.  express  my  desire  to  vote  the  ticket  of  the 
. Party,  at  the . Pri¬ 
mary  Election  next  ensuing,  and  request 
that  my  name  be  enrolled  on  the  Assessor’s 
list  as  a  member  of  said  party,  for  the  pur¬ 
pose  of  participating  in  said  primary  or  pri¬ 
maries. 


(Signature  of  Elector.) 
WITNESS:  . 


Address. 

The  assessor  shall  ascertain,  if  possible,  by  per¬ 
sonal  inquiry,  the  party  politics  of  the  voter,  and 
in  case  the  voter  is  not  at  his  residence  he  shall 
leave  a  Certificate  of  Enrollment,  which  the  voter 
may  fill  out  and  give  to  the  Assessor  before  the 
sixty-third  day  preceding  each  primary. 

If  a  voter  does  not  desire  to  vote  at  a  primary 
election  he  shall  not  be  required  to  sign  the  cer¬ 
tificate.  If  a  voter  in  districts,  other  than  cities, 
is  challenged  at  the  primaries  as  to  his  party  en¬ 
rollment,  he  shall  make  oath  that  at  the  last  No¬ 
vember  election  he  voted  for  a  majority  of  the  can¬ 
didates  of  that  party.  Presidential  electors  shall 
be  counted  as  two  candidates. 

Should  the  Registrars  or  Assessors  make  a  mis- 


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take  in  recording  the  voters’  party,  he  may  have 
^  the  Registry  corrected  or  amended,  provided  such 
amendment  shall  not  be  made  later  than  ten  days 
before  any  primary  election. 

No  voter  registered  as  a  member  of  one  party 

*  shall  be  allowed  to  receive  or  vote  a  ballot  of  any 
other  party  at  a  primary  election,  and  no  voter  who 
is  not  enrolled  as  member  of  some  political  party 
shall  be  permitted  to  vote  at  any  primary  election. 

PENALTIES  FOR  VIOLATIONS. 

Any  voter  who  shall  wilfully  make  any  false  af¬ 
fidavit,  or  statement,  to  any  Registrar  or  Assessor, 
with  intent  to  procure  false  enrollment,  or  registra¬ 
tion  of  himself,  or  any  other  voter,  shall  be  guilty  of 
a  misdemeanor,  and  shall  be  punished  by  imprison¬ 
ment  for  not  more  than  one  year,  and  a  fine  of  not 
more  than  one  thousand  dollars,  or  either,  or  both, 
in  the  discretion  of  the  Court. 

Any  voter  wilfully  voting,  or  attempting  to  vote, 
or  any  election  officer  wilfully  receiving  the  vote  of 
any  voter  casting  the  ballot  as  a  voter  of  any  po¬ 
litical  party,  not  qualified  as  a  member  of  said 
party,  shall  be  punished  b^  imprisonment  for  not 
more  than  one  year  and  a  fine  of  not  more  than 
one  thousand  dollars,  or  either,  or  both,  at  the  dis¬ 
cretion  of  the  Court. 

THIRD-CLASS  CITIES. 

Any  qualified  registered  voter  in  any  city  of  the 

*  third  class  may  be  nominated  to  any  elective  mu¬ 
nicipal  office  in  said  city  in  the  following  manner: 

It  shall  be  lawful  for  any  such  person  to  be  pro¬ 
posed  for  any  elective  municipal  office  by  the  filing 
of  a  petition  with  the  county  commissioners,  at  least 


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three  weeks  before  the  date  of  the  primary  election 
for  municipal  offices;  said  petition  to  be  signed  by  t 
at  least  twenty-five  qualified  registered  voters  of 
said  city. 

The  petitions  proposing  the  names  of  citizens  for 
municipal  elective  offices  shall  set  forth  that  the  * 
signers  thereof  are  qualified  and  registered  voters 
residing  in  said  city;  and  shall  set  forth  the  resi¬ 
dence  and  occupation  of  the  candidate  proposed, 
and  of  each  person  signing  said  petition;  but  said 
petition  shall  have  nothing  thereon  to  designate  any 
political  party,  or  any  party  affiliations  of  the  per¬ 
son  proposed  as  a  candidate,  or  of  the  persons  pro¬ 
posing  the  said  name. 

The  county  commissioners  of  the  county  in  which 
any  city  of  the  third  class  shall  be  located  shall 
cause  to  be  printed,  for  the  use  of  voters  at  any  pri¬ 
mary  election  in  said  city  of  the  third  class,  where 
public  elective  municipal  officers  are  to  be  nomi¬ 
nated,  a  non-partisan  primary  ballot. 

In  addition  to  the  non-partisan  ballot  there  shall 
be  printed  another  ballot  known  as  the  party  ballot, 
upon  which  shall  appear  the  names  of  the  candi¬ 
dates  for  all  other  offices.  All  these  petitions  are 
filed  with  the  countv  commissioners.  To  nominate 
a  candidate  who  will  be  voted  for  by  an  entire  county 
requires  one  hundred  signers. 

For  the  office  of  inspector  of  elections  five,  and 
for  all  other  officers,  at  least  ten,  qualified  voters. 


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NOMINATION  AND  ELECTION  EXPENSES. 


LAWFUL  EXPENSES. 

No  candidate,  and  no  treasurer  of  any  political 
committee,  shall  pay,  give  or  lend,  or  agree  to  pay, 
give  or  lend,  either  directly  or  indirectly,  any  money 
or  other  valuable  thing  for  any  nomination  or  elec¬ 
tion  expenses  whatever,  except  for  the  following  pur¬ 
poses:  For  printing  and  traveling  expenses,  and 
personal  expenses  incident  thereto,  stationery,  ad¬ 
vertising,  postage,  expressage,  freight,  telegraph, 
telephone  and  public  messenger  services;  for  dis¬ 
semination  of  information  to  the  public;  for  politi¬ 
cal  meetings,  demonstrations  and  conventions,  and 
for  the  pay  and  transportation  of  speakers;  for  the 
rent,  maintenance  and  furnishing  of  offices;  for  the 
payment  of  clerks,  typewriters,  stenographers,  jani¬ 
tors  and  messengers,  actually  employed ;  for  the  em¬ 
ployment  of  watchers  at  primary  meetings  and  elec¬ 
tions,  to  the  number  allowed  by  law;  for  the  trans¬ 
portation  of  voters  to  and  from  the  polls,  and  for 
legal  expenses,  bona  fide  incurred,  in  connection 
with  anv  nomination  or  election. 

4/ 

DETAILED  ACCOUNT  SHALL  BE  FILED. 

Every  candidate  for  nomination  at  any  primary 
election,  caucus  or  convention,  whether  nominated 
thereat  or  not,/  shall  within  fifteen  days  after  the 
same  was  held,  if  the  amount  received  or  expended 
shall  exceed  the  sum  of  fifty  dollars,  and  every  can¬ 
didate  for  election,  and  every  treasurer  of  a  political 
committee,  or  person  acting  as  such  treasurer,  shall, 
ivithin  thirty  days  after  every  election  at  which  such 


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candidate  was  voted  for,  or  with  which  such  po¬ 
litical  committee  was  concerned,  if  the  amount  re¬ 
ceived  or  expended  shall  exceed  the  sum  of  fifty  dol¬ 
lars  filed  with  the  officers  hereinafter  specified  a 
full,  true  and  detailed  account,  subscribed  and  sworn 
or  affirmed  to  by  him,  before  an  officer  authorized  to 
administer  oaths,  setting  forth  each  and  every  sum 
of  money  contributed,  received  or  disbursed  by  him 
for  election  expenses,  the  date  of  each  contribution, 
receipt  and  disbursement,  the  name  of  the  person 
from  whom  received  or  to  whom  paid,  and  the  object 
or  purpose  for  winch  the  same  wTas  disbursed.  Such 
account  shall  also  set  forth  the  unpaid  debts  and 
obligations  of  any  such  candidate  or  committee  for 
election  expenses,  with  the  nature  and  amount  of 
each,  and  to  wiiom  owing. 

In  the  case  of  candidates  for  election,  who  have 
previously  filed  accounts  as  candidates  for  nomina¬ 
tion,  the  accounts  shall  only  include  contributions, 
receipts  and  disbursements  subsequent  to  the  date  of 
such  prior  accounts. 

If  the  aggregate  receipts  or  disbursements  of  a 
candidate  or  political  committee,  in  connection  with 
any  nomination  or  election,  shall  not  exceed  fifty 
dollars,  the  treasurer  of  the  committee  or  the  can¬ 
didate  shall,  within  thirty  days  after  the  election, 
certify  that  fact,  under  oath,  to  the  officer  with 
whom  the  statement  is  filed. 

Each  such  account  shall  be  accompanied  by 
vouchers  for  all  sums  expended  exceeding  ten  dollars 
in  amount. 

WITH  WHOM  ACCOUNTS  SHALL  BE  FILED. 

Every  such  account  concerning  expenses  incurred 
by,  or  in  regard  to,  candidates  for  offices  to  be  voted 
for  by  the  electors  of  the  State  at  large ,  shall  be  filed 
with  the  Secretary  of  the  Commonwealth;  and  every 


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such  account  concerning  expenses  incurred  by,  or  in 
regard  to,  candidates  for  other  offices ,  shall  be  filed 
with  the  Clerk  of  the  Court  of  Quarter  Sessions 
of  the  several  counties  where  such  candidates  may 
respectively  reside:  Provided,  That  if  any  account 
concerns  expenses  in  regard  to  candidates  who  do 

#  not  all  reside  in  the  same  county,  such  accounts  shall 
he  filed  in  each  county  in  which  such  candidate  (not 
being  a  candidate  for  an  office  to  be  voted  for  by  the 
electors  of  the  State  at  large)  resides. 

OATH  OF  OFFICE. 

It  shall  be  unlawful  to  administer  the  oath  of  of¬ 
fice  to  any  person  elected  to  any  public  office,  until 
he  has  filed  an  account  as  required  by  this  act;  and 
no  such  person  shall  enter  upon  the  duties  of  his 
office  until  he  has  filed  such  account,  nor  shall  he 
receive  any  salary  for  any  period  prior  to  the  filing 
of  the  same. 

INSPECTION  AND  PRESERVATION  OF  AC¬ 
COUNTS. 

All  such  accounts  shall  be  open  to  public  inspec¬ 
tion  in  the  offices  where  they  are  filed,  and  shall  be 
carefully  preserved  there  for  a  period  of  two  years. 

CONTRIBUTIONS  FOR  ELECTION  EXPENSES. 

No  person  who  is  not  a  candidate,  or  the  treasurer 
of  a  political  committee,  shall  pay,  give  or  lend,  or 
agree  to  pay,  give  or  lend,  any  money  or  other  valu- 

*  able  thing,  whether  contributed  by  himself  or  by 
any  other  person,  for  any  election  expenses  whatever, 
except  to  a  candidate  or  to  a  political  committee ; 

9  and  no  officer  of  any  corporation,  whether  incor- 


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ANONYMOUS  CONTRIBUTIONS. 

porated  under  the  laws  of  this  or  any  other  State, 
or  any  foreign  country,  except  corporations  fo?nned  > 
for  political  purposes,  shall  pay,  give  or  lend,  or 
authorize  to  be  paid,  given  or  lent,  any  money  or 
other  valuable  thing  belonging  to  such  corporation 
to  any  candidate  or  to  any  political  committee,  for 
the  payment  of  any  election  expenses  whatever. 

It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  candidate,  or  the 
treasurer  of  a  political  committee,  or  person  acting 
as  such  treasurer,  to  disburse  any  money  received 
from  any  anonymous  source. 

“CANDIDATE”  DEFINED. 

The  term  “candidate,”  as  used  in  the  act“  to  reg¬ 
ulate  nomination  and  election  expenses,”  shall,  un¬ 
less  especially  restricted  therein,  include  both  can¬ 
didates  for  nomination  and  candidates  for  election. 

“POLITICAL  COMMITTEE”  DEFINED. 

The  term  “Political  Committee”  shall  include 
every  two  or  more  persons  who  shall  be  elected,  ap¬ 
pointed  or  chosen,  or  who  shall  have  associated  them¬ 
selves  or  co-operated,  for  the  purpose,  wholly  or  in 
part,  of  raising,  collecting  or  disbursing  money,  or 
of  controlling  or  directing  the  raising,  collection  or 
disbursement  of  money,  for  election  expenses. 

TREASURER  OF  COMMITTEE. 

Every  Political  Committee  shall  appoint  and  con¬ 
stantly  maintain  a  Treasurer,  to  receive,  keep  and 
disburse  all  sums  of  money  which  may  be  collected 
or  received  by  such  committee  or  by  any  of  its  mem¬ 
bers  for  election  expenses;  and  unless  such  treas- 


urer  is  first  appointed,  and  thereafter  maintained, 
it  shall  be  unlawful  for  a  political  committee  or  any 
of  its  members  to  collect ,  receive  or  disburse  money 
for  any  such  purpose.  All  money  collected  or  re¬ 
ceived  by  any  political  committee  or  by  any  of  its 
members,  for  election  expenses,  shall  be  paid  over 
and  made  to  pass  through  the  hands  of  the  treas¬ 
urer  of  such  committee,  and  shall  be  disbursed  by 
him ;  and  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  political  com¬ 
mittee  or  any  of  its  members  to  disburse  any  money 
for  election  expenses  unless  such  money  shall  have 
passed  through  the  hands  of  the  treasurer. 

v  PENALTIES. 

Any  person  who  shall  incur  any  illegal  election  ex¬ 
penses,  or  otherwise  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of 
the  act,  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor ;  and,  upon 
conviction  thereof,  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not 
less  than  fifty  dollars  or  more  than  one  thousand  dol¬ 
lars,  or  by  imprisonment  for  not  less  than  one  month 
or  more  than  two  years,  either  or  both,  at  the  discre¬ 
tion  of  the  court. 


BLANK  FORMS. 

Blank  forms,  suitable  for  the  statements  required 
to  be  filed,  are  to  be  obtained  from  the  County  Com¬ 
missioners. 


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QUALIFICATIONS  OF  VOTERS. 


GENERAL  ELECTIONS. 

Every  male  citizen,  twenty-one  years  of  age,  pos¬ 
sessing  the  following  qualifications,  shall  be  entitled 
to  vote  at  all  elections,  subject,  however,  to  such 
laws  requiring  and  regulating  the  registration  of 
electors  as  the  General  Assembly  may  enact: — 

First. — He  shall  have  been  a  citizen  of  the  United 
States  at  least  one  month. 

Second. — He  shall  have  resided  in  the  State  one 
year  (or,  having  previously  been  a  qualified  elector 
or  native  born  citizen  of  the  State,  he  shall  have  re¬ 
moved  therefrom  and  returned,  then  six  months), 
immediately  preceding  the  election. 

Third. — He  shall  have  resided  in  the  election  dis¬ 
trict  where  he  shall  offer  to  vote  at  least  two  months 
immediately  ijreceding  the  election. 

Fourth. — If  twenty-two  years  of  age  and  upwards, 
he  shall  have  paid  within  two  years  a  State  or  county 
tax,  which  shall  have  been  assessed  at  least  two 
months  and  paid  at  least  one  month  before  the  elec¬ 
tion. 

RESIDENCE  AND  RIGHT  TO  VOTE  OF  GOV¬ 
ERNMENT  OFFICIALS  AND  CERTAIN 
OTHER  ELECTORS. 

For  the  purpose  of  voting  no  person  shall  be  1 
deemed  to  have  gained  a  residence  by  reason  of  his 
presence,  or  lost  it  by  reason  of  his  absence,  while 
employed  in  the  service,  either  civil  or  military,  of 
this  State  or  of  the  United  States,  nor  while  en- 


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gaged  in  the  navigation  of  the  waters  of  the  State 
-  or  of  the  United  States,  or  on  the  high  seas,  nor 
while  a  student  of  any  institution  of  learning,  nor 
while  kept  in  any  poorhouse  or  other  asylum  at  pub¬ 
lic  expense,  nor  while  confined  in  public  prison. 


POLITICAL  CALENDAR  FOR  1913. 

Municipal  Primary  Election,  Tuesday,  September 
16,  1913. 

November  Election,  Tuesday,  November  4,  1913. 


Last  day  for  filing  petitions  for  nomination  for 
the  primary,  with  the  Secretary  of  the  Common¬ 
wealth,  Tuesday,  August  19,  1913. 

Last  day  for  filing  nominations  with  the  County 
Commissioners,  Tuesday,  September  23,  1913. 

Last  day  for  filing  nomination  papers  for  Judges, 
with  the  Secretary  of  the  Commonwealth,  Tuesday, 
September  30,  1913. 

Last  dav  to  be  assessed,  for  the  November  elec- 

i-  7 

tion,  Wednesday,  September  3,  1913. 

Last  day  to  be  registered  for  the  November  elec¬ 
tion,  in  any  city,  Saturday,  September  13,  1913. 

Last  day  to  pay  tax  to  qualify  for  the  Novem¬ 
ber  election,  Saturday,  October  4,  1913. 

Last  day  for  filing  statement  of  expenses  for  the 
*  Primary,  Wednesday,  October  1,  1913. 

Last  day  for  filing  statement  of  expenses  for  the 
November  election,  Thursday,  December  4,  1913. 


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PROPOSED  AMENDMENTS  TO  THE  CONSTI¬ 
TUTION.  i 

There  will  be  on  the  Official  Ballot  at  the  Novem¬ 
ber  Election  five  proposed  amendments  to  the  Consti¬ 
tution,  for  adoption  or  rejection  by  the  voters  of  the  „ 
State. 

These  Amendments  are  as  follows: 

1.  To  permit  the  Commonwealth  to  issue  bonds 
in  the  sum  of  fifty  million  dollars  for  improving  and 
rebuilding  roads. 

2.  To  permit  special  legislation  regulating  labor. 

3.  Providing  that  judges  whose  terms  of  office 
expire  in  an  odd-numbered  year  shall  hold  over  until 
the  first  Monday  of  January  in  the  next  year. 

4.  Providing  that  subjects  of  taxation  may  be 
classified. 

5.  Authorizing  municipalities,  other  than  Phila¬ 
delphia,  to  increase  their  indebtedness  under  cer¬ 
tain  conditions. 


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